Synonyms for discomfort
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Noun
1. Pain
pain, irritation, soreness, uneasiness, trouble, annoyance, suffering, anguish, displeasure, disquiet, vexation, inquietude, distress, nuisance
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Mental or bodily distress.
Related words
- Word family
- discomfit
- Phrases
- motion discomfort
Forms
- Plural
- discomforts → pains, irritations, sorenesses, uneasinesses…
Example sentences
- pain By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
- irritation The vet examined the cat for a wound or irritation.
- soreness The soreness in her throat made swallowing extremely painful.
- uneasiness He took a deep breath and tried to put his uneasiness to rest.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| discomfort | rising | |
| pain | rising | |
| irritation | rising | |
| soreness | rising | |
| uneasiness | steady | |
| uncomfortableness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pain1
- 7 letters
- trouble2, anguish2
- 8 letters
- distress2, nuisance2, soreness, disquiet3, vexation
- 9 letters
- suffering3, annoyance3
- 10 letters
- irritation4, uneasiness4, inquietude
- 11 letters
- displeasure3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trouble2 = 2 syllables).